Want Ad Rates and Free Tickets at the Avalon
The notice outlines ad rates and terms, including five cents per word for two hundred words, with a one cent per word surcharge for additional insertions. It mentions credit options, late fees, and acceptance of payment by phone after month end. Also advertised are two courtesy tickets for "Wings and the Woman" at the Avalon and various sale items at the Echo office with Lyle Krueger and the Erwin Miller farm listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anry
Gusnik
Wings
the Avalon
Selmer Erickson
Postville
Echo Office
Lyle Krueger
Erwin Miller
Clarence Kirkeberg
Elgin
George Washington
The
Echo
Food habits influence school work and home example
Home and school play a role in children's diets and behavior. A child’s energy and attitude depend on meals, with peer influence at lunch shaping preferences. Parents must model healthy eating, and teachers and guardians should cooperate to ensure nutritious choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Watch That Cold! A home front health reminder from wartime
Johnny has a terrible cold but continues to attend school while Mrs. Jones doubts its seriousness. A nearby blonde girl may catch the cold and suffer weeks longer, but mothers can help by keeping colds at home to protect others and conserve doctors for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Hog prices surge to 1919 highs on strong mid-December demand
Light receipts and robust demand pushed hog prices to the peak unseen since 1919, marking mid-December as a high point for pork markets. Strong buying activity and tighter supplies supported the rally, signaling sustained pressure on prices in the weeks ahead.
Farming notes on sheep feed and winter needs
The report discusses lamb feeding in the Corn Belt, winter bedding, and extra wood fuel supplies. It notes butterfat output rising by 34 pounds in dairy herds, a bonemeal shortage with swine minerals often omit, and limestone replacing high phosphorus grains. It mentions hemp planting in 1943 with war needs in mind.
Jimmy Green and The War Time Quiet Calling
A wartime parenting note explains how children’s play can be noisy yet meaningful. It urges parents to guide kids like Jimmy Green toward quiet spaces or outside lots so fathers and mothers can sleep or work, while children learn to contribute by playing without disturbing others.
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Jimmy Green
Jimmy
Bohemian Ruby Defined as Jeweler’s Gem Name
The term Bohemian ruby refers to tose quartz used as a gem when cut and polished. It notes a jeweler’s naming practice for a quartz variety treated to resemble a ruby.
First Drunk Banter At Birth Weighs A Pound And A Half
In a humorous exchange two revelers recall birth insults and claim vast life progress since infancy. One boaster laughs at his small birth weight while the other questions survival, prompting a boastful retort about life achievements.
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St. Peter’s Rectory
Clermont
Baumgartner Jewelry & Electric
Iowa
Dial
J. M. Gehring
M. V. Kiple
OPA Tire Inspector No
Kiple’s
Torkelson Bros. Ihc
ODT
America
Torkelson Bray
Avalon
Frank Pinney
Eeho
Echo-Enterprise
Albert Budding
Pella
Budding
Towa
Willard Hartman
Owasy
Caildrea
Fort Dodge
Elkader Fire Department
Jerry Johnson
Gertrude Tobin
Ireland
Garner
Goodrich & Bethke, Inc
Fed
Gé&K
Quaker Oats Company
Weibel Mill CO
Elgin, Iowa
Cows Dairy Herd Improvement Associations
Tt Iartard Ua
Elgin Oil CO
D. Welch
West Union
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
R. P. Strauch
His
Will
Aeen
Food For Freedom
Feleo
Elgin Farmers Coop
Paul Revere
P. R
P.R
Starke
Starkle
Twink
Schori & Kusterler. CO
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